During this year’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Isssues, I had the honor of representing the Mining Working Group while working with our partners, REPAM. REPAM is an eclesial network within the Amazon. It hosts a human rights school where they educate indigenous leaders about h

As I reflect upon some of the key insights from my first several months at the UN, I’ll start with Highlights, then explore some New Learning and wrap up with Looking Forward. Highlights of these first several months include: Doing mission visits with staff members from Norway, Ghana,

Loretto Volunteer, Ariana Alvarez, represents Loretto on the NGO Committee on Migration. Specifically, Ariana sits on the Subcommittee for Migrant and Children Refugees. The subcommittee had been diligently working on the developing of a position paper to be presented at the Global Fo

December 18th is International Migrants Day! And I am proud to say I was raised by two migrants. My parents, Rigoberto and Josefina, came from a small ranch in Jalisco, Mexico. A small, simple ranch that I was blessed with the opportunity of visiting every summer growing up. Getting t